Geological and historical records of tsunami in Australia

Appendix A (continued)
ID number Date Source
region
Year M D
52 1994 6 3 Java,
Indonesia
53 1995 5 15 Loyalty
Islands, New
Caledonia
54 2004 12 26 Sumatra,
Indonesia
Cause
Region of
impact in
Australia
Max (H)
(run-up);
distance of
inundation
Comments and
descriptions
TI V Information sources/references
Earthquake WA 3.0 m asl “the most significant impact
made on the shoreline occurred
near the northwest Cape.
The tsunami inundated the
beach and car park at Baudin
where the shore is exposed by
a gap in the Ningaloo reef”
V 4 Rynn (1994); Foley (1994)
Earthquake NSW 0.0 m asl “observed on tide gauge” II 4 National Tidal Facility/Bureau
of Meteorology
Earthquake
NSW, QLD,
SA, TAS,
VIC, WA
TAS, VIC,
WA
55 2005 3 28 Nias Island,
Indonesia
Earthquake
56 2006 5 3 Tonga Earthquake NSW, QLD,
TAS, VIC
57 2006 7 17 Java,
Indonesia
c. +1.1 m asl “observed on tide gauges”;
and “inundated coasts of
Western Australia”
III 4 National Tidal Facility/Bureau
of Meteorology
c. +0.2 m asl “observed on tide gauges” I 4 National Tidal Facility/Bureau
of Meteorology
c. +0.2 m asl “observed on tide gauges” I 4 National Tidal Facility/Bureau
of Meteorology
Earthquake SA, WA c. +0.3 m asl “observed on tide gauges” I 4 National Tidal Facility/Bureau
of Meteorology
For each event, the catalogue supplies: the corresponding ID (event) number, the date of occurrence (year, month (M), day (D)), the source region of the tsunami, the cause, the region of impact in
Australia, the maximum (max (H)) wave run-up (metres above sea level) and/or inundation data, a comments description, an indication of the tsunami intensity (TI) of each event based upon the 12
point (I–XII) tsunami intensity scale of Papadopoulos and Imamura (2001) TI I=not felt, II=scarcely felt, III=weak, IV=largely observed, V=strong, VI=slightly damaging, VII=damaging,
VIII=heavily damaging, IX=destructive, X=very destructive, XI=devastating and, XII=completely devastating and an indication of the validity (V) of the tsunami event (based upon the NOAA
NGDC Tsunami Database classification): 0=erroneously listed event, 1=very doubtful tsunami, 2=questionable tsunami, 3=probable tsunami, 4=definite tsunami). NSW=New South Wales,
QLD=Queensland, SA=South Australia, TAS=Tasmania, VIC=Victoria, WA=Western Australia.
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